CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
Lichfield
Lichfield has 101 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 37,000 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £3.8m across the constituency's 41,812 homes. A 200 MW battery was refused planning here in 2026; while discharging it could have supplied about 701,000 homes.
Ranks 68 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armitage Road, Armitage - Battery Energy StorageGalileo Empower | Battery | 200 MW |
Refused by Lichfield Council in 2026Who can move it: Lichfield Council |
| Lions Den, Hammerwich - Battery Storage FacilityElgin Energy Services Limited | Battery | 100 MW |
Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company |
| Hawkesyard Estate, Rugeley Road - Battery Energy StoGSC Hawkesyard Limited | Battery | 100 MW |
Applied in 2025, still waiting for a decisionWho can move it: Lichfield Council |
What else is in the briefing
- All 6 projects, each with its planning reference and the organisation that holds the next decision
- Every approval a project still needs, and which of them the public can see
- What building them would mean here — community payments, business rates and construction work
- How Lichfield compares with its neighbouring constituencies
- Drafted parliamentary questions and letters, filled in with this seat's figures
- 3 story angles for local reporting
- A two-page PDF, and a newsroom edition with the references and who to call
No account needed for any of this:
the full seat page with every figure,
the method and sources,
and this constituency's raw data.
The account covers the packaged briefing only.